@ciri.lla

[persists]

I think we should all meet up on a monthly basis to go over any useful information. Weekly is too much — I'm not looking for that kind of commitment. While this... correspondence can provide use, does anyone else feel more comfortable face-to-face? Not relying on this thing to discuss our secrets?

[ She doesn't understand it, really. Barely understands how to utilize it to communicate. So... here comes the challenge: showing her discomfort without feeling vulnerable. ]

I'll buy the first round of drinks if the lot of you agree.

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[persists]

Annoyance can cost you your head.

[ It certainly made some enemies for Dandelion... ]

I... see. [ She doesn't. :/ Even the experiences in the world she hid in for 6 months, time moved so quickly and there was no time to learn. Run, run, run — that's all she could do. ] Is it obvious why they're inside of us? My first guess is this world always developed accordingly, but... I wonder if there's a way for us to make an equivalent — one that wasn't as this world's?

[strove]

You want to know if we can make something of our own to communicate? A device or network?

Possible.

Probable, even. If we could get radios in my world working after everything went bad, then sure. But we'd need to make sure that this world's technology wouldn't interfere in some way. It may be able to quite easily.

[persists]

I think, yes. Possibly not in the same way it works here, but something tangible. Something not traceable.

But, that's good to know at least... I'd have no idea where to even begin rounding up the plan on that. It's nice to know it's an option.

[strove]

It's an option.

A better one is something temporary. Something destroyed after it's passed between sources. If we had paper, it'd be easier, but there isn't a whole lot of that, and anything similar is costly.

I looked into it for ... artwork. Admittedly.

[persists]

I see.

On the bright side, I do not think we were the first to think of this type of good or service. This alternative. There has to be others in this world that have some system — if the darker parts of the city are anything to live by. It may be something we can find as opposed to create if we look vigilantly enough.

[strove]

You're right.

[Crime and gambling and all of that is just out of reach for her. It's something she's never personally experienced on this level. Crimes back home were ... very different in how they were approached. Both more extreme and more taboo, because anything could get someone killed.]

I wouldn't know where to begin. But I can think of someone who would.